Audacity is a great way to record your audio presentations for school and other personal things. The default microphone on the laptops, which are the in-built. These microphones don't capture much sound and if they do, the sound is low and you can't hear it.
1. Connect the non-built microphone to the computer. 2. Go to "Control Panel". 3.Then "Hardware and Sound" and "Sound".
4. Open "Recording", which is in between Playback and Communications.The Default device is the built-in microphone and the one on top is the microphone, which is plugged in.
5. Click on the microphone on top and then "Set Default", to activate the plugged in microphone. Once you have selected it, the window will look like this. You have now activated the plugged in microphone. 6. Select "OK" and exit.
7. Go to the "Start Menu", "All Programs", and "Audacity". Audacity New page will look like this.
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How to Record with Audacity
Audacity is a great way to record your audio presentations for school and other personal things.
The default microphone on the laptops, which are the in-built. These microphones don't capture much sound and if they do, the sound is low and you can't hear it.
1. Connect the non-built microphone to the computer.
2. Go to "Control Panel".
3.Then "Hardware and Sound" and "Sound".
4. Open "Recording", which is in between Playback and Communications.The Default device is the built-in microphone and the one on top is the microphone, which is plugged in.
5. Click on the microphone on top and then "Set Default", to activate the plugged in microphone. Once you have selected it, the window will look like this. You have now activated the plugged in microphone.
6. Select "OK" and exit.
7. Go to the "Start Menu", "All Programs", and "Audacity". Audacity New page will look like this.
Questions
If you are having any problems following the guide/tutorial, please contact an organiser of this wiki by email. We will try to answer your questions as soon as possible.
Thank you!